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Arun Lal
Jagdishlal Arun Lal
Born: 1 August 1955, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Major Teams: Delhi, Bengal, India.
Known As: Arun Lal
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: India v Sri Lanka at Madras, Only Test, 1982/83
Latest Test: India v West Indies at Kingston, 4th Test, 1988/89
ODI Debut: India v England at Cuttack, 3rd ODI, 1981/82
Latest ODI: India v West Indies at Georgetown, 5th ODI, 1988/89
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(including 28/04/1989)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 16 29 1 729 93 26.03 0 6 13 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 2.4 1 7 0 - - 0 0 - 2.62
ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
(including 21/03/1989)
M I NO Runs HS Ave SR 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 13 13 0 122 51 9.38 52.58 0 1 4 0
O M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(1974/75 - 1995/96)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 156 240 18 10421 287 46.94 30 43 145 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 1856 931 21 44.33 4-79 0 0 88.3 3.00
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1977/78 - 1995/96)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 65 64 4 1734 90 28.90 0 12 22 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 699 571 14 40.78 3-38 0 0 49.9 4.90
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Arun Lal was not the most spontaneously gifted of cricketers but
compensated with an abundance of blood, sweat and toil that marked him
out from his peers for higher laurels. With his father, Jagdish Lal,
uncle, Muni Lal and cousin, Akash Lal, all having been top performers
in the Ranji Trophy, Arun's cricketing pedigree was
impeccable. Although an underachiever at the highest level, he was a
prodigious performer in domestic cricket and is in fifth position in
the all time Ranji run aggregates, with 6760 runs at 53.23. Having
played six seasons for Delhi without unveiling his latent abilities,
Arun made a strategic move to Bengal in 1980-81 which struck pay
dirt. Summoned for a Test call-up against Sri Lanka in 1982 at the
relatively late age of 27, he responded with 63 in his debut
innings. Arun was not a conspicuous success on the tour of Pakistan
which followed where many an experienced hand came a cropper against
Imran Khan.
Biding his time during the four years of exile that followed, he
burst into a frenzy of activity in the '86-87 season with identical
scores of 287 in the Ranji pre quarters and the Duleep semis. Given
the sop of a Test place against Pakistan at his adopted home in
Calcutta when Gavaskar refused to play there, Arun made a firm
statement of purpose with two half centuries. After Sunny's
retirement, followed a sequence of eleven successive Test appearances
which began promisingly enough against the Windies at home as he made
his highest Test score of 93 at Calcutta. But his career ended like a
wet rag against the same opposition away in 1989. Arun Lal's last
hurrah was in the 1989-90 Ranji season when Bengal won the title after
51 years, with his most important contribution being a knock of 189
that helped shut out Bombay on run quotient in the quarters.
(Sankhya Krishnan)
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